According to state records, Manley, 47, earned a bachelor's degree in corrections and police studies from Western Oregon University in 1990. He was hired by the state Department of Corrections in 1998. The following year, he began work for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, serving as a jail deputy.

He resigned in February 2012, during an internal investigation, under threat of termination.

A state investigation then found that Manley failed to perform "tier checks," then falsified reports, indicating he had accounted for jail inmates. Manley's actions were found to be dishonest, placing other corrections employees in danger.